Just a point of clarification, Lee,
The questions I asked were indeed STUPID, but that's not because I'm
some dork or whatever, I just thought I'd build up to the problem in a
slow logical manner, thinking aloud, that is. Ok?
Thanks for your help mate, and looking forward to bombarding you with
other similarly OBVIOUS questions :)
Oh, by the way, (some messages tend to be misinterpreted) I honestly
appreciate your help and I'm not offended, hurt or anything ok? I'm
smiling like a kid, as I write, ok!! <GRIN> :) :)
cheers
Konrad
R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
>
> In your message dated: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 01:30:44 PDT you write:
> >Hi everybody,
> >
> >I've read the CAMREP faq and was particularly interested in making a
> >Remote cord for my winder 2 and Om-10.
> >I've got a couple of queries if anyone would like to help me!
>
> Ok.
>
> >
> >1)Does a Remote cord allow me to fire my camera shutter via the winder 2
> >from a distance - is that what a remote cord does?
>
> Umm, yeah, that's why it is called a "remote cord". :)
>
> >
> >2)Does the phone jack fit inside the hole to the right of the winder 2
> >shutter button?
>
> Yep.
>
> >
> >3)If my interpretation of the faq is right, what you are effectively
> >doing is using a length of cable to perform a short circuit. Right? Or
> >is a pulse of some sort meant to trigger the shutter?
>
> Short circuit.
>
> >
> >4)I stuffed a mini phone jack into the hole on the right of the winder2
> >fire button and I noticed something funny (if it is funny after all) As
> >you insert the phone jack the winder fires. When you short the two
> >wires connected to the jack - nothing happens (ok, perhaps the contact
> >wasn't that good), when you withdraw the jack, the winder fires again.
> >Is my winder defective??
>
> No, that is normal. Think about how the jack is made. As you slide the
> plug into the jack, the plug shorts the jack briefly.
>
> >
> >5) and finally does the remote firing work with sequence mode too?
>
> Yes, it does. All the remote jack is is a jack wired-or'd with the
> switch on the winder. All you are doing by using a remote cord is
> adding another switch at a distance. Switches work by causing a dead
> short. There is nothing magical here. :)
>
> Cheers,
> --Lee
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